and more.
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Book Deals: Week of August 17, 2020
Among the week’s big deals are the acquisition of a #MeToo memoir by a French publishing exec, Sharon Stone’s memoir, and Andy Weir’s new novel.
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Book Deals: Week of August 10, 2020
Among the big books sold this week are a nonfiction book from former National Security Council member Fiona Hill, a nonfiction book on skyscrapers, and a book about how sports is helping the country to transform its understanding of sex and gender.
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Book Deals: Week of August 3, 2020
Scribner buys a book about America’s first female astronauts, Matthew McConaughey sells a memoir to Crown, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of July 27, 2020
Scribner scores Reynolds's first book for adults, Bola heads to Atria, and S&S nabs a 'New York Times' writer's first book in 20 years.
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Book Deals: Week of July 20, 2020
Hanover Square Press buys a memoir from a Daily Beast editor for six figures, Andrew McCarthy sells a memoir about his Brat Pack days to Grand Central, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of July 13, 2020
HarperCollins takes three from an Irish-Australian bestseller; Harper buys a manifesto from Charles M. Blow; and with the U.S. copyright for 'The Great Gatsby' expiring in December, Little, Brown plans a prequel for January.
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Book Deals: Week of July 6, 2020
Holt takes two from activist and YA author Kimberly Jones, Thomas & Mercer buys a standalone thriller from Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of June 29, 2020
A “marginalized people’s history of labor in the U.S.” goes to One Signal for six figures, HarperCollins takes on a book about Prince Harry and Prince William, Willie Nelson and his sister sell a memoir to Random House, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of June 22, 2020
Princeton University Press wins a book on forgiveness in a 10-house auction, Dolly Parton’s “life in lyrics” goes to Chronicle, and S&S editor Denene Millner sells a multigenerational epic to St. Martin’s.
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Knopf Buys New Ishiguro Novel
Kazuo Ishiguro has sold a new novel, which marks his first since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. 'Klara and the Sun,' narrated by "an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities," is set for March 2021, Knopf said.
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